Posted on 07/13/2011 5:34:07 PM PDT by ColdOne
“Eric, don’t call my bluff,” the president said, warning Cantor that he would take his case “to the American people.” He told Cantor that no other president — not Ronald Reagan, the president said — would put up with the treatment he was getting from the House majority leader.
The latest and sharpest in a series of harsh exchanges between the two leaders heightened concern that markets could crash at any time amid fear of a reduction in the rating on once-ironclad U.S. debt.
Cantor accused the president and congressional Democrats of progressively low-balling, over the last several days, the savings that could be achieved from proposals discussed by Vice President Joe
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I saw a post where Clinton and Gore admitted to trying to tick off Newt Gingrich.
Hopefully, Obama will get some payback of the same kind.
He has a short fuse and a narcissistic personality.
CALL HIS BLUFF!!!
This, or gun running, or not being a naturally born citizen.
Our President has the maturity of an eight-year-old.
BO is an embarrassment to cry babies everywhere. It is up to every sensible senior citizen to contact their member of Congress and say that they refuse to be threatened by this spoiled brat of a president. He is such a liar, knowing that there is absolutely NO WAY anyone could stop the SS checks from going out in two weeks.
And with Helicopter Ben hinting today that the Fed will dump still more shrinking dollars into the market with a QE 3, there is plenty of cash to pay the SEVENTY MILLION Americans who get checks from taxpayers every month. Of course, bread may some day cost $100 a loaf.
Obama told Cantor that he would either have to agree to tax increases or give up on his demand that the debt hike be matched dollar-to-dollar to the cuts — that is, $2.5 trillion in deficit-reduction over 10 years in exchange for a $2.5 trillion hike in the debt ceiling.1000% smoke and mirrors. Whatta buncha BS. We all know that "$2,500,000,000,000 in deficit-reduction over 10 years" won't happen. Truth be told we'd be damn lucky to see 20% of that actually happen. And even then a bunch of it would be BS.
We need logical, common sense, real life cuts over the next three years. These cuts need to be down in writing. These cuts need to be something the American public can easily track. These cuts need to have realistic, achievable milestones.
In short, these cuts need to be real and the truth.
IMHO, all these assholes, on both sides need to forget the Skittles and Unicorns and get deadly serious about our country's future.
If we had a parliamentary system, today would be:
“Vote of No Confidence” time, elections,
and it wouldn’t have to wait until Nov. 2012, and Jan. 2013 !!!!!!
He is condescending to eveyone above him as well.
Democratic sources dispute Cantor’s version of Obama’s walk out, but all sides agree that the two had a blow up. The sources described Obama as “impassioned” but said he didn’t exactly storm out of the room.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58937.html
“I’m trying to represent where the votes are in the House. and we’ve always said the votes in the House are consistent with the principles that the speaker’s laid out that we’ve been operating on,” Cantor said. “It is dollar-for-dollar match, it is the no tax increase and it is this other subject that we are discussing tomorrow the enforcement mechanisms … I understand why he’s frustrated. But again, we’re trying to get this thing done, and that’s why I was a little taken aback.”
Baby Hussein needs to eat his peas!
He’s cracking because he knows he has to raise taxes on the rich to win re-election.
It’s all about Me,me,me and the election he doesn’t understand or care a thing about leading this country. He is only a shill who can read a teleprompter...........
He's a child, who can't stand to be denied his way. Call his bluff Pubs!!
He is condescending to eveyone above him as well.
Eric, John, et.al.
PASS A DAMN BILL WITH THE CUTS!!!! Let Zero slit his own throat if he vetoes it.
You’re in the drivers’ seat, gentlemen. Act like leaders. Why are you even wasting time with Zero? Since when does a President get a seat at legislative “negotiations”? What is going on??????
[Zero] told Cantor that no other president -- not Ronald Reagan... would put up with the treatment he was getting from the House majority leader.Mail Zero a box of Pampers, he's a mewling baby.
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